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{{Era|TS1|TS2|TS3|TS4DUTS4}}
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If the household does not have any objects that can be taken, the repo-man will criticize the family for wasting his time, then leave. If ''[[The Sims 2: Nightlife|Nightlife]]'' or later is installed, the player can simply place all items in the [[inventory]] before he arrives, and then replace them when he's gone.
 
===PremadePre-made repo-men===
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==The Sims 3==
[[File:The Sims 3 Repo-Man.jpg|left|thumb|225px|[[Alan Watanabe]], the local repo-man of [[Sunset Valley]] repossessing a chair in ''The Sims 3'']]
In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', sinister music will indicate the repo-man's presence. If he is present in and players try to save the game, the game will ask the player if they want to save in the current situation. Build/buy modes and [[edit town]] cannot be entered while the repo-man is on the lot.
 
Like in ''The Sims 2'', the repo-man can be removed from the lot with testingcheatsenabled by shift-clicking on him, selecting "Object...", and then "Delete it". However, the truck, (or boat, if in [[Isla Paradiso]], the repo-man's boat,) will need to be deleted manually. If the player removes the doors leading into the house, the repo-man will use his teleporter to gain entrance. Moreover, locking the doors or using the ''alwaysallowbuildbuy'' cheat{{vgversion|TS3:A}} and building walls around the repo-man will not stop him.
 
If the household does not have any objects that can be taken, the repo-man will subtract household funds that are approximately of the same value as the amount owed. Additionally, if forced to come to the lot with ''testingcheatsenabled'', the repo-man will take a large amount of items (sometimes at least twenty items) regardless of whether any debt is owed.
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One commonly experienced problem in ''The Sims 3'' is that when a player changes their active household but then returns to the original lot after a few days, a repo-man may appear after a few Sim-hours as the Sims did not pay the bills in the player's absence.
 
==The Sims 4: Discover University==
[[File:TS4 Repo-man.png|right|thumb|225px|A repo-man repossessing furniture in ''The Sims 4: Discover University''.<ref>Image source: https://ultimatesimsguides.com/the-sims-4-student-loans/</ref>]]
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[[File:TS4 Nothing to repossess message.png|right|thumb|225px|The message that appears when there is nothing to repossess.]]
Repo-men will also repossess a university student's furniture if they do not pay off any student loans they took out. If there is nothing to repossess, the repo-man will complain about it and leave, but they will return as soon as the household has something of value for them to take again.
 
If the repo-men is about to take a valuable object, Sims can ask them not to take object and hope that they'll move to another object for repossession. Sims can also try to appeal to humanity, bribe with simoleons, or fight the man. If successful the repo-men will not repossess an object and leave the household.
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*The repo-man has a way to foil almost every trap or cheat imaginable. Nothing stops him except paying the bills, using cheats and deleting the mail woman before the bills are placed in the mailbox, or by deleting the repo-man's truck.
*In ''The Sims 3'', the message telling the player that the repo-man has arrived on the lot starts with 'Repoman! Repoman!' This is likely a reference to the song ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIHifxWdmRQ Genetic Repo Man]'' from the horror musical ''[[wikipedia:Repo! The Genetic Opera|The Genetic Opera]]''.
* There are no premadepre-made repo-men in [[Belladonna Cove]]. They will be generated by the game once a Sim's red bills are overdue.
* Many repo-men/women in ''The Sims 3'' will often possess traits that promote negative interactions such as [[Evil (The Sims 3)|evil]], [[mean spirited]] or [[inappropriate]].
* If ''[[The Sims 3: World Adventures]]'' is installed, the player can protect the lot from the repo-man by using the <code>buydebug</code> cheat to place armed and hidden fire traps around the lot. Alternatively, if all Sims are outside the house, place tomb room markers in every room to fog them out and prevent the repo-man from even targeting items in the rooms (he may still take simoleons).
[[File:Repo-man fire message.jpg|right|thumb|225px|The message displayed in ''The Sims 3'' when a repo-man encounters a fire.]]
*In ''[[The Sims 3]]'', the repo-man will leave if there is a large fire on the lot, telling the player that it is getting too hot and he will come back later.
*The repo-man did not appear in ''[[The Sims 4]]'' until the ''Discover University'' expansion and patch 95 of the base game.<ref>https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/statuses/490259321339396096</ref> Instead, delinquency in paying bills resultsresulted in utilities being shut off.<ref>https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/statuses/490258920091287552</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/SimGuruGrant/statuses/490258980795469824</ref> In the ''[[The Sims 4: City Living|City Living]]'' expansion pack, it may also resultresulted in the landlord refusing to check out problems with the apartment.
 
==References==
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[[Category:The Sims 2]]
[[Category:The Sims 3]]
[[Category:DiscoverThe UniversitySims 4]]